Charlotte Serenity Garden
Price Per Person: $190 Member/ $240 Non-Member
Wing Haven will maintain a waitlist in the event the trip sells out.
Experience the splendor of autumn with Wing Haven as we visit two of Charlotte’s most inspiring private gardens and enjoy a special behind-the-scenes tour of R.A. Bartlett Arboretum.
Our morning begins in South Charlotte with two very special gardens, each shaped by the vision and devotion of its owners. At MapleWalk Garden, Tom Nunnenkamp will personally welcome us to the 2.25-acre Southern landscape he and Lib Jones began creating in 1990. Today it flourishes with an extraordinary collection of plants: more than 95 Japanese maple varieties, 150 varieties of camellia, and 23 dogwoods, beautifully woven together to form a living tapestry.
MapleWalk Garden
Serenity Garden
Just a short stroll away lies Charlotte Serenity Garden, the 4-acre sanctuary of Patsy Reames. Built around a spring-fed creek and rolling, wooded terrain, the garden reveals art, sculpture, waterfalls, and thoughtfully integrated plantings that invite peace and reflection. Patsy herself will share her garden’s story before we explore its many treasures.
After a refreshing lunch overlooking the grounds at the Conference Center, a horticultural expert at R.A. Bartlett Arboretum will guide us through vibrant fall displays, curated plant collections, and specialty gardens. Highlights include espalier and pleaching demonstrations, the 9/11 memorial garden, pollarding collections, and rare specimens not often seen elsewhere.
This exclusive Wing Haven trip includes round-trip bus transportation, light breakfast and afternoon refreshments, and a delicious boxed lunch — plus the joy of sharing it all with fellow garden lovers. Limited to 27 guests.
Bartlett Arboretum
TRIP ITINERARY
9:00 am Welcome and Name Tags, Coffee and Refreshments, Park Road Shopping Center
9:30 am Depart for private gardens in South Charlotte
10:00 am Arrive MapleWalk Garden
11:00 am Arrive Charlotte Serenity Garden
12:00 pm Board Bus to Bartlett Arboretum
12:30 pm Box lunch at Bartlett Conference Center
1:15 pm Two hour guided tour of Arboretum grounds
3:30 pm Board bus for return to Charlotte
4:30 pm. Arrive back at Park Road Shopping Center
Price Per Person: $190/Member; $240/Non-member
This tour will be an easy to moderate walk on varied terrain.